Demons Page #4

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I'm sorry I failed you and

your sister so completely.

Although I am not worthy of it,

I beg the forgiveness not

only of our lord Jesus Christ,

but of you, my

precious daughter.

Pray for my eternal soul.

I love you dearly.

Daddy.

- This is a beautiful place

that you and Colin have

built for yourselves.

I've read about

what you've done,

been doing, in magazines.

You must stay so busy.

Come home and help

me bury him...

- What was it Jesus said?

That the dead bury the dead?

- Hung himself in the barn.

- F***in' hell.

- When did it happen?

- This morning.

- So her mum drove from

Louisiana, same day?

- Left as soon as they

picked up the body.

- Listen, col.

I don't really know what

the f***'s going on here so,

maybe we should just take our

little nuptials on the road

and just get out of your hair?

- Kayleigh...

Insists that the wedding

go on as planned.

- Is there something we can do?

- Uh...

I think everyone just

needs to try to act normal.

- Say when.

- When.

- Yeah, I only have

one wine glass.

That's uh, an

interesting tattoo.

Can't imagine your

father approves.

- Yeah...

He accused me of defiling the temple

of the holy spirit and all that.

- Hmm.

What does it mean?

- The golden apples

of the hesperides

were sought by basically

everybody in the ancient world.

Regarded by the nymph

daughters of atlas,

the sisters of the evening.

Their father was

tricked by Heracles,

the so-called hero and,

he stole the apples

from the sisters.

For his own glory, to say

she had a lust for something

that by right should

never have been his.

And when he left them,

the sisters crumbled into dust.

I learned about it

in a mythology class,

the semester after Katrina.

That storm took so much from

New Orleans, south Louisiana,

and from us.

But you know,

the nymphs, this place,

me, when something

precious is taken from you,

it leaves a permanent mark.

It has to be acknowledged.

- Hmm.

- I take it you don't uh,

have women over

for wine very often.

- What gave me away?

The only reason I offered you

a glass is because this is...

- uncomfortable.

- Actually I normally don't

see anyone at this hour

unless I'm...

Administering an

anointing of the sick,

much less an

attractive young woman.

What are you doing

here, Kayleigh?

- What are you gonna

do about my sister?

I mean, why aren't

you there now?

- Why aren't you?

- It was my daddy.

- What?

- The welts.

He beat her.

He beat the sh*t out

of her with his belt,

when he found her with that boy.

He cried like a baby

while he did it.

He thought he'd beat the

sin right out of her.

I think he honestly

believed he could.

- You saw it?

- No, she called me after,

that's why I came home.

- Tell me what

else he did to her.

To both of you.

- What do you mean?

- Look, I know what's it like.

My father was...

A drunk.

A bad drunk.

Sometimes he'd have too

much, and he'd get violent.

Sometimes in some

pretty twisted ways.

But, you don't want

to hear about that.

- Yes I do.

- Honestly, it was a lot worse

on my mom than it was on me.

Didn't help that he

was the local sheriff.

Said he'd lay down the law in

his house with his bare hands

and anything he could

find to swing in 'em

and he meant anything.

- I'm so sorry.

- Don't be.

I think ultimately...

It was because of him

that I turned to god.

'Cause, uh...

'Cause of him, I lost

all faith in humanity.

- Where is he now?

- His heart exploded one night.

The widow-maker, they call it.

It was gonna be

that or his liver.

You can only rage

so long, until...

I just wish, so much damage

hadn't been done, you know?

Sometimes I can still

feel him, gnawing at me.

I'm making this about me,

that's not my intention.

Please, tell me.

What else did Jasper

do to you and Jewel?

Hey.

Everything all right?

- Yeah.

- Where's your mom?

- I got her a hotel.

- We've got plenty of room.

I just thought...

After what happened...

I don't know.

- Eddie, what do you

say we get wasted?

- I would say, that's a

f***ing brilliant idea.

- So what made you want to

start a bed and breakfast?

- Well I guess I've always

liked the idea of being a host.

Of showing people

my idea of home.

- Meaning, she's a bit

of a control freak.

- Hey...

- It's true.

- Well that's not a bad thing.

- So you say.

- And I'm right.

- Why Savannah?

- It's old, and near the water.

- And it's not south Louisiana.

- Hmm.

It's a spirit-rich place,

that city.

- It seems the spirits

approve the view, my darling.

- Is that what that meant?

'Cause I, I wasn't sure.

- You guys want

to take it inside?

- Colin, it's just

an electrical storm.

And it's beautiful.

And I wanna dance.

Do you wanna dance with me?

- Maybe.

I'm gonna call Ariel and

check on Jewel first.

Be right back.

- Turn the music up

while you're in there.

- You got it.

- I'll dance with you.

- Score, I got the hot

chick with the purple hair.

- Don't get too excited, Eddie.

- Did I say something?

What did I say?

- Well it's not a party 'til

some lesbian sh*t go down.

Now look, I'm gonna go

ahead, I'mma tell ya,

I don't do body shots.

- Kayleigh, I can help you.

- Oh, lord.

- What the f***?

- Col?

Check the breaker.

- Hey Eddie.

Wanna go on a little adventure?

- Come in.

Colin?

- Sir.

I decided to move

forward with Jewel Grant,

pending approval

of the archdiocese.

- Something changed your mind.

- Yeah.

- What?

Well, don't leave me hangin'.

- Uh, the doctor's

findings I guess.

- Which were?

- Inconclusive.

Sort of.

- You still don't

believe she's possessed.

- I believe something

terrible has happened to her.

And, this may be the

only way to fix it.

In a way I feel, doubly guilty.

Not only was I

there when she died,

I'm profiting from her

death, I wrote books,

made all this money.

- Welcome to the

entertainment industry, mate.

- Kayleigh's really the

one who can't shake it.

Especially this time of year.

- What time of year?

- Tomorrow's her

sister's birthday.

- Oh, f***.

- I forgot myself, until

her mom said something.

- Yeah, and I'm

the prick who poured salt

into the wounds.

- It never goes away.

Guess she's used it to by now.

- Why didn't

she say something to me

when I asked her about

the wedding here?

- She doesn't want

to think of it.

She thinks that gives

it power over her.

- You are some f***ed up people.

From my extensive

experiences as an electrician

in the merchant Navy...

- priest.

- I can tell you that I know

f*** all about electricity.

What the f***?

You bring your friend down

into a creepy basement

and then scare the

sh*t out of him?

What's the matter with you?

What?

- Nothing.

Let's go.

Hope it doesn't get nasty.

Power company's

doing what they can.

No estimate as to

when it'll be back on.

- Great.

I was just uh, telling

everybody about the first time

I met your lovely wife.

- Oh boy.

- No seriously, it was uh,

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